Los Cabos Open: Kokkinakis advances to second round

Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, the No 7 seed, defeated Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Los Cabos Open at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Wednesday night.

Kokkinakis, ranked No 75, will face American Steve Johnson next.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other first-round results (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 920.625, most recent results first):

• Jordan Thompson beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-0
• Brandon Nakashima (6) beat Kaichi Uchida (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-2
• Steve Johnson beat Gonzalo Villanueva (LL): 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Radu Albot beat Feliciano López (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Juan Alejandro Hernandez (WC) beat Nicolas Barrientos (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jason Kubler beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (8): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1
• Facundo Bagnis beat Ernesto Escobedo: 6-3, 6-1
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (WC): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Ricardas Berankis beat Quentin Halys (9): 7-6 (1), 7-5